New Manager of Cards Well Known
Jack Hendricks, signed to manage the St Louis Cardinals in 1918, is a famed minor league veteran who led Denver to pennants and guided Indianapolis for Mary years. He has long resisted and turned down major league offers, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, while associated with James McGill and James Rickey.
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Sullivan Nearly 60 as Legendary New England Boxer Reflects
Boston reports John L. Sullivan, the Grand Old Man of the Ring, nearing his sixtieth birthday while residing on a Massachusetts farm. The article recalls his first major bout against John Flood, a landmark match fought on a barge due to New York boxing bans, where Sullivan delivered a decisive late knockout that ended Flood’s career.
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Joe Stecher Seeks Bouts in New York
New York previews indicate Joe Stecher aims to fight top contenders in the spring season. The wrestler plans to challenge Zbyszko and Lewis, eyeing matchups after a long rest and Caddock’s absence leaves a vacated title path. Stecher travels the middle west courting bouts and has asked Jack Curley to arrange fights in New York.
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Joe Humphreys
Joe Stecher
John Olin
Jack Curley
Hearthold Dominates Caddock in New York Exhibition Bout
Earl Caddock the world's champion heavyweight wrestler, visiting New York for a grappling tourney, impressed sporting writers and Gotham papers. A profane mock war guide by Zon Deckler contrasts with Caddock’s charm as he introduces his wife Grace, praising her character over appearance and recounting a playful corridor demonstration at the Trotel Astor.
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Trotel Astor
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Kim
Des Moines
Hassane
Roller
Stecher
Narl
License Fever Hits Daily Life In Wild Prophecy
A satirical editorial mocks universal licensing from gum to gas to travel, predicting a world where every action requires a permit. It cites a railroad board urging licenses for travel and jokes about society's drift toward bureaucratic control, then shifts to a pungent extract from the Spirit of God poem and a forecast of many model husbands through weeklong resolutions.
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Yankees To Make Offer For Isle a Isle a Isolea
New York January 1 The Yankees aim to acquire George Sisler from the Browns and are willing to spend heavily to land him. Ruppert and Huggins offered Phil Ball an infield and a battery for Sisler Pratt and Lavan, but Ball demanded $40 000 more to consider serious talks. Ball may resist losing Sisler as he is adored in St Louis, contrasted with other clubs.
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Sislar
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Lavan
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Hugh Xing
Bobby Quinn
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Detroit
Ty Cobb
Eddie Collins
Cleveland
Tris Speaker
Western League Eyes Waterloo and Marshalltown
The Western League seeks a Central Association packer for the 1918 season, via a letter to Frank Boyle from veteran Lincoln owner Ducky Holmes. Holmes says Lincoln failed in organized baseball and Waterloo or Marshalltown could secure the franchise, with Waterloo unlikely to host next season due to war and sentiment favoring abstention from baseball until after the conflict.
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Ducky” Holmes
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Marshalltown
Major Leaguers Plan Four-Club Trade Involving Hornsby
Chicago reports a four-club trade among Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York and St. Louis National League teams is under consideration. Players named include Roger Hornsby, Charles Herzog, Al Mamaux, Lara Doyle, Phil Douglas and Max Flack. Hornsby may join Chicago. St Louis would receive Herzog, Doyle, Flack and two pitchers. Douglas could go to Pittsburgh and Mamaux to New York. President Weeghman would not confirm details but aims to acquire Hornsby, planning a St. Louis visit to pursue the shortstop. Zelica, Dan Patch’s dam, dies at 26 after producing pacers setting pacing records.
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Charles Herzog
al Mamaux
Lara Doyle
Phil Douglas
Max Flack
Hornsby
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Flack
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Mamaux
Weeghman
Baseball Thrives on War and World’s Game Bond
The piece argues war boosts baseball as America’s national pastime and a relief amid conflict, noting soldiers’ leisure, spring returns, and the sport’s role in wartime morale, plus a Philadelphia trade and boxing notes, with real estate transfers and local notices mingled among sports history.
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Wdaseball Magazine
Williams Traded to Phillies for Paskert
Chicago January 11 The Cubs announce a deal sending Williams to the Phillies in exchange for Paskert Williams will move to center field for Chicago with Paskert slated to take his position at another spot finalizing the roster shift
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Leng Cy Wilkliams
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Foreclosure action filed over Bob Fitzsimmons home in New York
A bank has commenced foreclosure on the old Fitzsimmons residence in New York. Papers show Fitzsimmons transferred the property to his children who assumed a $3,000 bank mortgage and agreed to pay interest within 20 days of maturity. The article also covers boxing bouts involving Fred Fulton in January and the illness of Texas Tate.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
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Fred Fulton
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Tate
Oklahoma
Gets It corn remedy promises instant pain relief
The advertisement touts Gets It as a safe, fast corn remover that stops pain instantly and peels corns cleanly away. It claims wide use, urges readers to buy from drug stores or by mail from EB Lawrence & Co, listing multiple Waterloo area merchants as endorsers.
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